This is the third instalment of our quarterly stakeholder conversations, hosted by TfGM and GM Moving partners. The gatherings bring people and partners across Greater Manchester together to share and explore progress, stories, challenges and expertise as we work together to make Greater Manchester a better place for everyone to walk, cycle, wheel and to live an active life.

The focus for this conversation is around the role of active travel in an integrated transport network and how we can work together to deliver a system which is accessible and inclusive for all Greater Manchester citizens and communities.

Interactive breakout groups will explore how we can engage diverse communities in pursuit of this vision – putting our Greater Manchester mantra ‘nothing about us, without us’ into practice.

There will be an opportunity for us to hear about programmes and initiatives from further afield and discuss the lessons they may hold for us, as well as sharing our learning from Greater Manchester best practice.

The conversation will take the following structure and will be held online using a mixture of Zoom and Teams platforms:

14:00-14.20 Intro session – webinar format

14:30-15.30 Choice of 4 breakout topics:

• Active Neighbourhoods: Design and Implementation – the challenges and opportunities

A workshop run by Nick Brelsford of Sustrans and Rana Kadiri of 10GM that looks at what Active Neighbourhood schemes mean for communities and how best to ensure they deliver positive impacts for those communities.

• Creative Community Engagement: A Place-Based Approach

Our Streets Chorlton share learning from their journey of working with the community to re-imagine how people can drive less and get about with more ease. Led by Michaela Howell (Groundwork GM), Pauline Johnston (Walk Ride GM), Sam Milsom (Open Data Manchester) and George Coombs (Groundwork GM).

• Improving People Power: ‘Nothing about us, without us’

TfGM session exploring how we can get voices heard within transport decision making, opening up a regular dialogue about what different people face in terms of their access, experience and outcomes in relation to transport, including walking and cycling, and create solutions which address them.

• Learnings from Elsewhere

A workshop sharing learning from community and wider stakeholder engagement from Glasgow and elsewhere in the UK. The workshop will look at some principles of approach, as well as tools for practice that could be applied in Greater Manchester to make a difference to the outcomes for the place.

15:45-16:45 repeat of 4 breakout topics – try a different one!

16:45-17:00 Wrap up session – share key take-aways and commitments

Please indicate your workshop preferences by completing this online form. This will help workshop organisers plan their sessions, including the number of facilitators required at each – helping to make workshops as interactive and engaging as possible.

We also want to hear from you about any examples or experience of good practice you’ve come across, or any ideas around how we can deliver this vision together. So please come prepared with ideas and examples to contribute – this will help to make workshops two-way and engaging!

Joining instructions for each part of the day, including the above workshops, will be distributed around 4-5 days before the event.

To sign up to the mailing list, and to register for the meeting on 5th October, please click REGISTER.

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